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Roger "Bopper" Mark Molstad, 61, of Cloquet passed away peacefully with his wife and best friends by his side July 16, 2022, after a two-year battle with bladder cancer. Bopper was born April 1, 1961, in Cloquet, the son of Roger Edgar and LaVonna (Watters) Molstad. He worked for the toboggan factory, Lake Superior Cabs, Cloquet Collision Center, and the family-owned Molstad Resort.
In addition to being a fantastic friend, brother, uncle, grandfather and loving husband, Bopper enjoyed caring for several pets and stray animals. Bopper was an avid collector of everything Sno-Jet and anything with an engine, collected rare items and antiquities, and ran a pool table with ease.
Bopper was preceded in death by his parents; stepson Jason Sanford; niece and nephews Jodie, Bobby and Andy McCubbin; and several aunts, uncles, and friends. He is survived by his wife Shirley; mother-in-law Wanda Mularie; stepsons Timothy (Shelia) and Wesley (Denise) Sanford; stepdaughter-in-law Jackie Frye; sisters Cecile (Colin) Archibald, Linda (Bob) McCubbin, Nancy (Mark) Wisneski and Cindy (Bob) Molstad; nieces and nephews Anna Marie, Julie Ann and Russell Archibald, Chris (Camille) LeBrasseur, Mark (Deanna) Wisneski, Cassandra (Jeff) Dynneson, Jason (Sarah) Fish, Jacob (Emma) McCubbin and Brenden Niemi; grandchildren Timothy (Kayla), Luke, Jack and Wesley Sanford, and Dylan (Brittany) and Gunner Lintgen; and an abundance of friends he loved, including Irving Stapleton, the last remaining member of the "Ass-Hole Club."
The family would like to extend a special thank-you to all those who cared for Bopper, the Mayo Clinic, Essentia Health and Hospice, and the Min No Aya Win clinic.
Visitation: 5-7 p.m. Sunday, July 24, and continuing at 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. funeral service Monday, July 25, all at Nelson Funeral Care. Interment will be held in New Calvary Cemetery. A luncheon will follow the burial at the Big Lake Golf Resort. To leave an online condolence, visit http://www.nelsonfuneralcare.net.
Pine Knot News July 22, 2022
